Collar



March 12, 1929. v KlLPATRlCK 7 1,705,296

COLLAR Original Filed Dec. 13. 1920 Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES nowann m. KILPATBICK, or new 10mm. Y.

COLLAR.

Application filed December 18, 1920, Serial No. 430,350. Renewed January 18 1929.

M invention relates to soft collars and has or its object to provide a soft collar and means associated therewith fwhereb the front corners may be kept down and ree of wrinkles. 1 I

To this end I provide a collar having a folded-over part having front corners, and comprising an outer fabric and a lining, the lining having slits in its upper part near the ends, and a flat weight to he slipped through said slits into said corners between i the lining and said fabric, for holding said corners down and free of wrinkles. But it is understood that the invention, as claimed, is not limited to the details shown. I

- In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a collar having my invention-embodied therein;

Fig. 2 is a face view of the collar flattened out;

Fig. 3 shows a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are edge, face and end views of one form of weight;

Fi a7 is a face view of another form of weig t;

Fig. 8 is a fragmental inner face view of the corner of a collar, with another arrangement for attaching the weight; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view .of another form of weight and attaching means.

My invention is shown embodied in asoft fold-collar having a neck-band 10 and folded-over outer part 11 having front corners 12 and comprising an outer fabric 15 (Fig. 3) and an inner lining 16 stitched to said fabric at the edges to form a pocket space 17 in said corner. Said lining 16 is provided with a long button-hole-stitched slit 20 substantially parallel to and near the end of the seam 21 joining the neck-band 10 and said folded-over outer part 11, for giving access to said pocket space 17. Within each pocket space 17 in said corner 12 is disposed a fiat metallic weight 23 of lead or other suitable metal widely spaced from said seam 21 and having thick intra-margianl part 24 (Figs. 4 and5) and thin edges 25, and a pointed lower end portion 26 fitting in said corner.

the corners of the collar Well down and free of wrinkles, is so small that it is not noticeable when the collar is worn. By having the weight widely spaced from the seam 21, free movement is permitted to the weight and ibility of the weight is that the inner face of the corner 12.

The weight, while heavy enough to hold front of the collar as when the chin is thrown as far forward as possible on or toward the chest. The lead weight is, of course, flexible and an advantage of the flexweight may be bent, after insertion, to give the corner of the collar a better set.

The slit 20 is placed near the seam 21 and edge 17 so these may assist weights to the slit for removal of the weights before laundering. To remove the weights, it is merely necessary to hold the collar up-by the corners 12, with one corner higher than the other, and both weights will pass out the same slit 20, being guided by I the edge 17 and seam 21. After the collar has been laundered, the weights are slipped through the slits 20 and positioned in the corners 12 as in Figs. 1 and 2. Then the collar is worn in the ordinary way, the weights being not noticeable, either to the wearer or onlooker. I

Instead of having the weights pointed, they may be round, as in the weight 27 of Fig. 7 which may; appear an edge elevation as in Fig. 6. Instead of having the pocket space 17 betweenthe-lining and outer fabric, a small triangular patch pocket 28 (Fig. 8) may be stitched to the inner face of the corner 12.

Or, the weight 29 (Fig. '9) inay be provided with a pin 30 and pin-receiving hook 31, whereby the weight may be secured to the I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, a collar having lower end corners, and a weight carried by each of said corners and remotely spaced from the upper partof the collar.

2. In combination, a collar having a neckband and a folded-over part having corners; and a weight removablycarried by each corner remote from the upper edge of said folded-over part.

3. In combination, a collar having lower end corners, and a weight carried by each corner, and remotely spaced from the upper part of the collar and being sufficiently heavy to hold down the corner by the action of gravity.

4. In combination, a collar having lower end corners, and a flexible, inelastic metal weight carried by each of said corners.

5. In combination, a soft fold-collar having a neck-band and a folded-over part. havmg front corners and comprising an outer in guiding the 65 fabric and an inner lining stitched to said 4 fabric at the edges to form pocket spaces in a folded-over part having lower front corners and comprising a lining and a portion adjacent thereto, both of'uniform thickness and stitched together at the side edges only to form pocket spaces at said corners, said lining being provided near the end of the part joining the neck-band and the foldedover part with a horizontal slit, said foldedover parts being free of stitches connecting 20 the hnlng and adjacent portions at points between either slit and either lower front corner.

HOWARD M. KILPATRICK. 

